New Top End Choppers
Claas has launched four new forage harvesters from the Jaguar 1000 series, which enable throughput capacities of up to 480 tonnes per hour with the widest crop flow on the market, new front attachments and pioneering driver assistance. The Jaguar 1000 also defines a new level of operating and driving comfort – true to the motto “Inspired by the best”.
Based on the highest expectations, many years of development and practical tests have resulted in a series that impresses with far more than just its engine power: The convincing arguments include the widest crop flow on the market, fully hydraulic pre-compression, uncompromising and homogeneous chop quality, the large corncracker, the drive concept with two independent variable front attachment drives, new high-throughput pick up and Orbis front attachments, leading driver assistance systems, maximum comfort, contemporary connectivity, the new Nutrimeter and a strong chassis with a high-traction and ground-protecting drive. For maximum performance and pioneering overall efficiency.
Fully hydraulic pre-compression: For yield-independent and homogeneous chop quality.
The shortest lengths of cut and difficult harvesting conditions with tough crops pose a challenge for the crop flow of forage harvesters. With this in mind, Claas has developed the widest crop flow channel on the market for the Jaguar 1000 in conjunction with a new pre-compression system. The four pre-compression rollers work with a fully hydraulic pre-compression system and thus enable a uniform crop flow regardless of the layer thickness – this guarantees uniform feeding of the V-FLEX chopping cylinder and thus ensures maximum throughput with homogeneous chop quality and optimum overall efficiency of the machine.
The pre-compression rollers can be raised hydraulically for cleaning work using the maintenance function. Thanks to quick access, the entire pre-compression unit can be swivelled up to 80 degrees for maintenance work in just a few simple steps. The tilting frame with hydraulic centring for pick up and Orbis is located on the pre-compression unit.
New 910 mm wide V-FLEX chopping cylinder: Equipped for maximum throughput.
In 2024, CLAAS introduced the innovative V-FLEX chopping cylinder for the JAGUAR 900. Thanks to its 910 mm width, the JAGUAR 1000 now offers even more space and inertia for maximum throughputs and continuous crop flow even at the highest swath thicknesses – for example in the harvest of whole crop silage. The crop is cut even more efficiently thanks to the steep knife angle of 10 degrees. This is not only noticeable in the excellent chop quality, but also in the reduced noise level. The V-FLEX chopping cylinder can be fitted with full and half knife sets as well as half-section knives, enabling a uniquely wide chop length range. The knives, fastened from above with three screws, are fixed in the drum stars and automatically aligned. Setting the knives to the shear bar and readjusting them is not necessary.
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